Identifier: crimsonfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The crimson fairy book
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
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Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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ead of herself, and she never rested till she had formeda plan to get him out of the way. Fortunately, however,the young king was wise and prudent, and knew her toowell to trust her. One day, when his mourning was over, he gave ordersthat everything should be made ready for a grand hunt.The queen pretended to be greatly delighted that hewas going to amuse himself once more, and declaredthat she would accompany him. No, mother, I cannotlet you come, he answered ; the ground is rough, andyou are not strong. But he might as well have spoken tothe winds : when the horn was sounded at daybreak thequeen was there with the rest. All that day they rode, for game was plentiful, buttowards evening the mother and son found themselvesalone in a part of the country that was strange to them.They wandered on for some time, without knowing wherethey were going, till they met with a man whom theybegged to give them shelter. Come with me, said theman gladly, for he was an ogre, and fed on human flesh ;
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a^^JK^ nor^o bnr^ij tae boy tottv^ fdlne^sHpase ^ PAPEBABELLO 125 and the king and his motlier \Yent with him, and he ledthem to his house. When they got there they found towhat a dreadful place they had come, and, falling on theirknees, they offered him great sums of money, if he wouldonly spare their lives. The ogres heart was moved atthe sight of the queens beauty, and he promised that hewould do her no harm ; but he stabbed the boy at once,and binding his body on a horse, turned him loose in theforest. The ogre had happened to choose a horse w^hich hehad bought only the day before, and he did not know itwas a magician, or he w^ould not have been so foolishas to fix upon it on this occasion. The horse no soonerhad been driven off with the princes body on its backthan it galloped straight to the home of the fairies, andknocked at the door with its hoof. The fairies heard theknock, but were afraid to open till they had peeped froman upper window^ to see that it was no giant or ogre w

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